A Dubious "old Kriss" Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DEFF GGHI JJKK DDCC LMCC DDII NNDI OOPP DDQQ NNGG LLCC RRFF SSCC DDDA| Us folks is purty pore but Ma | A |
| She's waitin' two years more tel Pa | A |
| He serve his term out Our Pa he | B |
| He's in the Penitenchurrie | C |
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| Now don't you never tell 'cause Sis | D |
| The baby she don't know he is | E |
| 'Cause she wuz only four you know | F |
| He kissed her last an' hat to go | F |
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| Pa alluz liked Sis best of all | G |
| Us childern 'Spect it's 'cause she fall | G |
| When she'uz ist a child one day | H |
| An' make her back look thataway | I |
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| Pa 'fore he be a burglar he's | J |
| A locksmiff an' maked locks an' keys | J |
| An' knobs you pull fer bells to ring | K |
| An' he could ist make anything | K |
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| 'Cause our Ma say he can An' this | D |
| Here little pair o' crutches Sis | D |
| Skips round on Pa maked them yes sir | C |
| An' silivur plate name here fer her | C |
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| Pa's out o' work when Chris'mus come | L |
| One time an' stay away from home | M |
| An' 's drunk an' 'buse our Ma an' swear | C |
| They ain't no Old Kriss anywhere | C |
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| An' Sis she alluz say they wuz | D |
| A' Old Kriss an' she alluz does | D |
| But ef they is a' Old Kriss why | I |
| When's Chris'mus Ma she alluz cry | I |
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| This Chris'mus now we live here in | N |
| Where Ma's rent's alluz due ag'in | N |
| An' she ist slaves I heerd her say | D |
| She did ist them words thataway | I |
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| An' th'other night when all's so cold | O |
| An' stove's 'most out our Ma she rolled | O |
| Us in th'old feather bed an' said | P |
| To morry's Chris'mus go to bed | P |
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| An' thank yer blessed stars fer this | D |
| We don't 'spect nothin' from Old Kriss | D |
| An' cried an' locked the door an' prayed | Q |
| An' turned the lamp down An' I laid | Q |
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| There thinkin' in the dark ag'in | N |
| Ef wuz Old Kriss he can't git in | N |
| 'Cause ain't no chimbly here at all | G |
| Ist old stovepipe stuck frue the wall | G |
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| I sleeped nen An' wuz dreamin' some | L |
| When I waked up an' morning's come | L |
| Fer our Ma she wuz settin' square | C |
| Straight up in bed a readin' there | C |
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| Some letter 'at she 'd read an' quit | R |
| An' nen hold like she's huggin' it | R |
| An' diamon' ear rings she don't know | F |
| Wuz in her ears tel I say so | F |
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| An' wake the rest up An' the sun | S |
| In frue the winder dazzle un | S |
| Them eyes o' Sis's wiv a sure | C |
| Enough gold chain Old Kriss bringed to 'er | C |
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| An' all of us git gold things Sis | D |
| Though say she know it ain't Old Kriss | D |
| He kissed her so she waked an' saw | D |
| Him skite out an' it wuz her Pa | A |
James Whitcomb Riley
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